athbash
noun
ath·bash
ätˈbäsh,
äth-
variants or less commonly atbash
ät-,
ˈ⸗ˌ⸗
plural -es
: a cipher used in Jewish mystical and allegorical writing in which each letter of a word is replaced by that letter which stands as many places from the end of the Hebrew alphabet as the letter replaced stands from the beginning compare albam
Word History
Etymology
Hebrew athbash, a word formed from the first, last, second, and next-to-last letters of the Hebrew alphabet
- crossheads
- crossing
- crossing (out)
- crossing (up)
- crossing file
- crossing guard
- crossing off
- crossing out
- crossing over
- crossing paths
- crossing paths (with)
- crossing paths with
- crossing up
- crossing-over
- crossings
- crossite
- crossjack
- crossjacks
- crosslegs
- crosslet
- crosslets
- crosslier
- crossliest
- crosslight
- crosslighted